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i have an established connection for vmware, its foreign ip address is [::1]:8307. what does this mean?
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Hi all, For my job, I work between both Windows and macOS. For the past few months, I've been using VMWare workstation to run the macOS virtually but it's beginning to struggle. I got my hardware upgraded to help but was remember the LInus video with 2 gamers 1 CPU. I would like to try something like this, but after some research there seems to be certain constraints. Here is my hardware: - HP Z600 Workstation - Dual Xeon Quad Cores - 48GB DDR3 - 2 x Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSDs - 2 x Seagate 1TB HDDs - NVIDIA Quadro FX580 - AMD FirePro V9500 - PCI network card - 3 x Monitors - 2 sets of keyboards/mice I'd like to be able to have macOS on 1 monitor and Windows on 1 or 2, each with a CPU, 24GB RAM, GPU, keyboard/mouse, SSD, HDD so both systems shouldn't be struggling (in theory). unRAID would be ideal but my work will not pay for this, so are there any other alternatives? Originally I was going to use ESXi but I would need a client and will render the GPUs useless. I'm not familiar with KVM and it's ability to support macOS. If this cannot be done, fair enough I will go back to the way I was doing it before but on the new hardware. Thanks
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i have this project for class in wich i must install android for phones v4.0 download whatsapp, and make it communicate with something, the problem is that after i have installed it, it doesnt seem to recognize the connection from the host machine, i have changed to NAT and bridged connection, but it doesnt seem to find the connection, in the logs i can see that it recognizes the motherboard connector, but nothing about my network, and im quite stuck, i would really appreciate the help.
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Hey guys, I'm working on setting up a personal ESXI server that I can learn and play around with lots of different stuff. I have an i7-2600, 16GB 1333MHz DDR3, Intel DH67CL motherboard, a Zotac GTX 750 Ti, two 120GB Sandisk SSDs, and some random HDDs of varying sizes. The issue I have run into is that ESXI doesn't support "fakeraid" solutions like most onboard controllers provides, and I had intended to use the 2 Sandisk SSDs as a boot drive in RAID1. I need help deciding where to go from here. I've looked into getting an actual hardware RAID controller but the couple cheap ones I've found are still "fakeraid". I'm wondering if I should just give up on ESXI, although part of the reason I wanted to use it is because I know how huge it is in enterprise data centers and I wanted to get some experience with it. I've googled for an hour or two now and some people say I should install ESXI on USB, however that is both 1) slow to boot and 2) if the USB fails then all the settings are gone and I'm not quite sure how I'd back them up/restore them easily without manual configuration. I've also seen people suggesting alternatives like Proxmox, or XenServer. One of the things I'll be experimenting with on this server is FreeNAS, I'm new to it but I'm wondering if it has the capabilities to act as a virtualization server? Then I'd just have FreeNAS as my base instead of ESXI. Very new to this and at the moment quite discouraged so advice and suggestions on where to go from here is appreciated. Thanks guys. EDIT: Googling some more looks like Proxmox doesn't support "fakeraid" either. So the more general question is how can I get the redundancy (RAID 1ish) I want for whichever solution? If I install it on a USB and the USB fails, is it that hard/time consuming to recover from?
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HelloEveryone, I just wanted to check if anyone has tried shared graphics card for different vms by on running them esxi 6.5 . I know pass thru has been around for sometime , just wanted to see if anyone has tried sharing a single gfx card . I am yet to build a pc ill be going for a radeon 480 and later crossfire . Full build : Intel processors i7 6th Core 6800K - CPU MSI X99S GAMING 7 Motherboard -Motherboard Samsung 750 EVo -250GB -SSD G.skill 8GB 2400MHz -RIPJAW -DDR4 Ram Seasonic 750Watt Modular Power - SMPS/PSU Rx 480 Asus or MSI - GPU Cabinet NZXT Cabinet Phantom 410 -Full Tower Cosrair H90 140mm Liquid -CPU Cooler
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I'm just getting into the whole virtualization scene but am hoping to get rid of a couple physical server installs at work and also set up something similar to the Gaming NAS that linus demonstrated for Unraid. The two goals are very different in what they have. An enterprise grade server vs a homebuilt gaming machine. My question is, I see a lot of different virtual controllers which I'm gathering are referred to as hypervisors or whatever their counter parts in other companies are called. My questions are; Do Vmware or any of the other similar ones to that feature a RAID system similar to Unraid's or would that be done on a RAID controller like our Perc H710 in the server? Also what would Unraid's formation be considered as since it has designated parity drives instead of all the drives sharing parity data? I still have yet to start this project and intend to dig around in each of them but was hoping to get some questions out of the way. Thanks in advance!
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I have had the best experience thus far with VirtualBox out of the many VM solutions I have tried on Windows (despite its XP-esque GUI styling). But please, change my mind - what is your go to VM solution, and why? Which one gives you the easiest snapshot, restore, and network isolation.
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Hey all. What would it take run 24/7 virtualization while VR gaming without dropping performance? I’m looking to run Windows as my host os just for VR gaming and then run a linux box guest as my daily driver and maybe sandbox environment as well? What’s the best way to tackle this? ESXI, I only want one set of monitors and keyboard and mouse. This Option is out then. VMware Workstation, Is guest os multiple monitor support actually working as if it was the host OS? If not, should buy a low end graphic cards just to pass it through? Would that even do anything? Host: Windows 10: VR Gaming Guest 1: Linux box: Daily Driver Guest 2: Windows? Linux? Sandbox/Whatever Hardware: [Which CPU will be able to handle this?] -CPU: 3900x 12/24 @3.8/4.6 Is this overkill? It looks sexy though. Host: 6Cores 12 Threads Guest 1: 4Cores 8Threads Guest 2: 2Cores 4Threads -CPU: 9700K 8/8 @3.6/4.9 Why not just get a 3900x instead? Is 8 threads even enough? Host: 4Cores 4Threads Guest 1: 3Cores 2Threads Guest 2: 1Cores 2Threads -CPU: 3700x 8/16 @3.6/4.4 Is this suitable? Host: 4Cores 8Threads Guest 1: 2Cores 6Threads Guest 2: 2Cores 2Threads -Ram: G.Skill Tridient 32GB Host: 20GB Guest 1: 8GB Guest 2: 4GB GPU: Given to Host GPU2: Do I even need a low GPU for the guest OS? HDD: Real world performance won’t be noticeable with SSDs getting pass through the guest OS, right? One SSD for all guest OSes is enough? Monitor Setup: 4 to 5 monitors What do you think about the hardware I have picked out? What needs to be changed out and with what? What about CPUs? Which one will enough power? GPUs? I will definitely overclock my build as well. Parts will need play along with each other nicely.
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I haven't used many virtualization programs over the years .. pretty much just daemon tools & Alcohol 120% Im looking to run VMware workstation player within POP-Os that will run Win 10 on it... as Ive heard its better for (some)gaming that virtual box. There are 2 things Im not to sure about still as there is so much info/reading on the web ? 1 > Does the current release of Vmplayer/workstation support DX10.1 & 11 yet? 2 > Can I use a physical HDD to install games onto that will run within the Virtual Win 10 or is the entire virtual experience ran from a purely a virtual environment e.g virtual HDD? hope that makes sense ?
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Hello, I am trying to replace my router with Dyi OpenWRT running in VM. And something went wrong ... I can’t figure out how to make it work. I am using a miniPC with 4 LAN ports: Current network configuration: With parameters: And the future network configuration should be: So far, I have installed OpenWRT in the VM and tried to configure it, but ... already at this point I can’t access the Internet from the LAN device (192.168.2.5). For testing, I still use a MiniPC connected to the router, and the Internet works fine on the host system. My Vmware configuration (WiFi card not yet installed): And my OpenWRT configuration (WiFi card not yet installed): Does anyone know a step-by-step guide for such a configuration or can advise how to do this? Thank you in advance! all images: https://imgur.com/a/LMZiOEI
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Okay this is a weird one. I am reconfiguring my ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2 (Build 13006603) host to run the OS on a small flash drive instead of a SATA hard drive so I can keep it separate from my datastore. All of my VMs are migrated and stored on a new hard drive. I then plug in a 64GB USB 3.0 drive and am able to install ESXi on it. The problem is now that when I reboot the system, ESXi seems to reset to factory settings. All of my settings go away including my VMWare license key, my created users, my VM registrations, and my management network settings. It reverts from Static to DHCP and resets the hostname and DNS configuration. This problem never occurred when ESXi was installed on a SATA drive (which was running 6.7 [not Update 2]) but has consistently reverted all of these settings on reboot since migrating to the flash drive. Anyone else ever experience this? Am I better off using a smaller SATA drive to store ESXi on if it avoids this problem or is this an indication of something else?
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Hey Everyone, Quick question, but is there an easy way to figure out the physical port that's been given a certain NIC designation? In VMWare, it's designated as NIC-5, but that means nothing to us -- the NIC's aren't labeled.
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Background for context: I'm creating this topic to find what you guys think of these three operating systems and what the pros/cons of each are. That and I'm trying to come to the best conclusion as to what os i should use for the sole purpose of having a host for PCI-Passthrough for the guest VM's to have. I have enough money to get UnRaid OS (basic) if I really have to, and I say this because in my experience with using linux, I did all the steps necessary to get it working and not only that but i also made sure that all hardware in my server are in separate IOMMU groups (which they are, every last part are and no ACS override patch is necessary.) What bugs me the most is that after following all necessary steps to get it working, it always fails one way or another. The only distro that i know of that worked without spitting out errors to my face is Manjaro. But, there in lies another issue: OVMF Tianocore firmware not recognized by libvirt gui, and within the software library gui i had it installed and restarted my server and yet it still didn't recognize that it was included. That is unless my particular build of Manjaro is buggy then fair enough. But, until I can find out about it with manual testing (I don't have physical access to it for now because it is located at my father's house and the drive is a long way's away. There's a good reason for it, I don't trust my step family with my computer. period. And my father is FAR from computer illiterate and knows which is which. Moving on..) i will have to plan ahead and make sure that i can go with the best option and if necessary, i will buy just to get PCI Passthrough working. From reading a couple of forums, OpenSuse, Arch, CentOS and Gentoo are arguably the ones that are well-suited to have run as the host for having these vms. OpenSuse caught my eye in particular due to having a gui desktop, and the kernel(s) (if I'm not mistaken, otherwise please correct me) are pre-configured for this type of virtualization application. And the command line scheme is familiar to me because i am used to the "apt-get" style that i learned from ubuntu originally when i first began using linux. Speaking of that, why does manjaro have to have a confusing command scheme? Instead of "apt-get" its "pamac" or something else. I get that linux can be open source and the command variable schemes can be different but dang is it confusing the hell out of me. XP Anyway, that aside I don't mind getting my hands dirty to get PCI passthrough working just as long as it works, otherwise my genetically coded stubbornness thanks to my scotch-irishness will make me continue until insanity comes around to making it work. So, what i know so far already are: i.) Citrix XenServer is Windows-centric (i.e., requires the server management console software to be run on a windows system in order to create vms, etc. Note that there's an open source version of this said software for linux available.) ii.) in order to get vmware esxi i would have to put in a lot of info before i can buy a license or let alone download a free version of the said hypervisor software. iii.) In order to get to download XenServer hypervisor, i must create an account and i'll be able to download it for free or buy a license to get more features. (Makes sense if i have to do that so I can add the licensed vers. to my account's shopping cart to purchase, fair enough.) iv.) unraid requires that you get a trial key or a key that allows you to use it full time (basic, pro, etc.) made by purchasing a key. So, is there any info at this point that needs to be corrected? If so, please correct me. Use Case moving forward: In my head, i would have a host that i can get access to in order to create and spin up a vm so that i can not only run it as a server for my windows machine to play games but as well as a hackintosh rendering station for content creation (non-commercial; private use at home.) and finally have it serve up some media for my kodi/plex clients and be a general-purpose file server. Final Conclusion: So, in terms of: i.) ease to setup a vm with a pci host device passed through to guest machine without too much difficulty (i.e., the manjaro example where the ovmf firmware wasn't detected after installation of package.) ii.) ease to obtain an .iso. iii.) ease to setup the packages required to host vms (libvirt, qemu, ovmf, etc.) iv.) less prone to errors when passing through a host device to a vm (note: while all devices are in completely separate iommu groups.) So, in your experience or opinion, which distro mentioned here is best for this application?
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I'm using Vmware workstation player. I have 1 guest OS that is Windows 7. I want better performance. There is little difference in my game performance when gaming on both Host and Guest at the same time vs just gaming on either one of them. I've come to the conclusion that it must be the amount of processors/cores I've assigned in Vmware workstation player. My CPU is an AMD Ryzen 5 1400 with virtualization support and I am using a Radeon Rx580 4gb. 8gb of Ram. My VM is 40GB. My processor has 8 cores. Also supports SMT/Hyperthreading. How many cores would you recommend that I assign to my VM? I get the same Frame Rates on the Host with the VM running a game as I would with the VM not running. I get the same Frame Rates on the VM while running a game on host as I do with just playing a game on the VM and not the Host.
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Good day, Yesterday I lost over 580GB of science data which I have been working over the summer. Right now, I am running a recovery tool to get most of the data back (EaseUs). Anyhow, I realized I needed either a Virtual Machine environment where I can log in and work via the internet on a Win10 machine from Mac and do it locally as well. I read about Virtual box and VMWare. I would like to have 2 x VM where catastrophic failure I can continue where I left off remotely or locally. Currently I have a Threadripper with 64GB of RAM on Win10 which might be used as a server? Looking forward for your expertise.Thank you
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Hi, i'm looking at a replacement SAN for our esxi hosts, we have about 20 vm's running between 2 hosts, currently using a 4Gb link direct to the SAN, however.. our SAN is due to be replaced and repurposed and i'm looking at upgrading to 10Gb Ethernet direct to the hosts with at least 36TB of Storage with possibility to expand if needed. i've had some quotes back for just over 10k in GBP, and would like to see if i can do better, i'm not mega familiar with what sans are out there and which ones to avoid, so i'm really looking for recommendations, it must have ideally quad 10gb ethernet, at least 2U, but can be larger if needed doesn't matter. reliable and robust for 24/7 running, obviously the configuration of the actual array will be decided one we know storage capacity and amount of drives. this is for a educational environment not for myself, so it MUST be reliable. Cheers guys !
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I'm looking for a software based solution, to control several virtual machines at one time using a single mouse and keyboard. Example: If I was on Google and clicked the search bar, all of my virtual machines would click the search bar at the same time; and then when I type something, they would all type. I've looked around but found nothing, I can't think why this wouldn't exist?
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Hello. I would appreciate it if anyone can help I have a virtual machine on a vmware player 12 my data got hit by a ransomware ryuk and the vmdk file was encrypted .ryk extension added and all data for the virtual machine profile was deleted. I was wondering if anyone has any idea about recovering the vmdk file. I read something about recreating the virtual machine disk discriptor file using esxi host. If anyone can help me if this can or might work or worth trying Note that I have a copy of vmdk file same machine and a copy of the virtual machine configuration if this might help (backed up years ago). Appreciate your help Thank you
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Hi, I've been a huge fan of the show, specially when it comes to servers and vm's. Currently i'm running a dedicated server for esxi 6.7, specs are on my build log: Looking back, now i'm worried I started that on the wrong thread considering how that's going. Well the problem i'm having, one of the vm's running win 10, updated vm tools, and wtih a setup for 2cpu at 4v-cores each. I'm trying to use this vm, so that me and wifey can use 1 vm for our business which i hope to save $$ buy just buying 1 license for applications that we may need further down. My current situation is that no matter how much I allocate in terms of phisical power cpu, ram. The machine has this savage lag, regardless if i'm going in through the vmware workstation, or rdp to the vm. The server is currently running cat 7@10gb on the cable, but i'm afraid that my problem could be that the sever can't handle the amount of data being sent out some how? I'm a complete noob self teaching, and with massive add my biggest learning attribute has been do it break it, learn do it again. But the stakes are getting higher, and I can't keep just nuking the machine like before. My current troubleshooting bouncing ball is leading me, to opening the pipe on the server by installing an actual 10gb card, and then running the line to sfp port converter on the ubnt switch. I could be really really wrong. Hope someone could nudge me in the righ direction, if the network isn't a possible culprit. Thank you in advace.
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Hi, I use VMware player to run old operating systems to play old games sometimes and I always have to set my host operating system's resolution to something stupid like 800x600 in order to play anything since the default screen is so small, but this doesn't work if I want to watch videos or something in another window at the same time. Is there a way to stretch the guest window to 2x or 3x without changing the host operating system's resolution? I saw some stuff online about how you can do this, but it seems to only apply to VMware workstation pro which is like $250 and wouldn't be worth buying just for this.
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Hi, I'm on windows 10 and I would like to setup a macOS VM with VMware Workstation 15 Player (I have the mojave .iso) but when I'm running the VMware path it doesn't work. I tried different versions of unlocker, I reinstalled VMware, but each time the "Apple MacOS X" option doesn't appear when creating a VM. I join the console text that I have when running the patch, don't know if it will help. It seems like the vmwarebase.dll isn't changed or that the "darwin" file doesn't exist/isn't extracted from the .tar archive. Hope someone can help, thanks ! logs.txt
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So VMWare is supposedly targeting AMD's high-level server CPUs with their new licensing fees according to a Tom's Hardware article here. VMWare themselves have acknowledged the licensing changes in their news updates section although they've not mentioned AMD or any other company by name. Been seeing a lot of people theorizing that Intel tossed a lot of money at VMWare to do this seeing as how it seemingly doesn't touch Intel CPUs yet. Don't personally believe this to be the case but I've been proven wrong before. One way or another though, this is definitely going shake things up considering how widespread VMWare Workstation and it's parent company Dell is in the industry coupled with the shifting trends towards higher core counts. Interested in hearing other people's input on the matter though.
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So, i assume i am not the first to ask it here, but i did not manage to find any proper answer... some background (not vital to my question): I have been an advanced system administrator for a government company for almost 3 years now, "mastering" in linux, vmware, netapp, windows, hardware and more... I have a fair amount of technical background, and fluent in the technical lingual... To my main question here: Both at work and at my home server (running esxi 6.5), i have an Ubuntu server, both at work and at home i encountered a dilemma so to say... should i extend the existing virtual disk, therefor extend the existing pv, vg and lv? or should i create a new virtual disk, extend the vg with it and then extend the lv? at work we have a "suggested" way to do it, but it is only for the root drive, and we say to always add a new virtual disk, although i believe it is because of a trauma from working with esxi 5.0 back in the days, where extending disks would lead to all kind of problems... I would really like a solid answer, from the technical side of it, so not like "its easier like that...", but like "this way increase the misalignment over the physical disks..." or something.. p.s. i want to know if it changes if i am doing it to the root partition, a data partition, or even a lvcached partition. thanks.
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Hey guys. Had an idea come to mind to find a very niche want of mine and couldn’t find any direct solutions on the forums (yes, I looked xD) Here’s the general scope: Run OBS virtually using a virtualization software, and have anything regarding the stream (my intended use of OBS) on that “OS”. This way I can allocate specific system resources to my real desktop, and the stream can have its own dedicated resources as well. The only two things I’m unsure of are latency and quality. I’ve heard of OBS’ NDI plug-in that allows a network signal to be streamed out to whatever platform the user is on, but what’s the quality and latency of an approach like this? in case anyone needs to know: Asus GTX 1060 6gb Ryzen R7 1700 @3.4ghz 20gb DDR4 @3200mhz x2 Seagate Firecuda SSHD 2TB Thanks for the opinions ?